Nkajja's Rosemary Achieng strikes at Kyengeza during the league game at Namboole. Nkajja won 72-11. PHOTO: Johnson Were
National Handball league results
Men
Makerere 30 Ndejje 37
Police 18 Prisons 37
Evergreen 35 UPDF 38
Kyengeza 26 Mukono 33
Women
Nkajja 19 UPDF 15
Makerere 11 Ndejje 22
Kawanda 27 Kyengeza 19
Top three table standings
Men
Ndejje 12pts
Prisons 10
Makerere 8
Women
Nkumba 13
Ndejje 12
Kawanda 9
Top two scorers
Men
Ismael Kisalita (Mak) 47 goals
Dan Aboku (Mak) 43
Women
Doreen Ondoa (Nkumba) 70goals
Scovia Lamunu (Prisons) 63
Defending Champions Ndejje University beat Makerere 37-30 at Namboole on Saturday to secure a two-point lead in the National handball league.
Francis Ongom and Onesmus Mukwaya were on form as they relentlessly attacked the hard fighting Makerere in both halves.
"It was a tight game that would have gone either way but we were a better-experienced side and that is what handed us victory," Ndejje tactician George Isabirye said.
In the other tightly contested game, UPDF beat Evergreen 38-35 and the latter's team manager Willy Mayanja attributed their defeat to poor goalkeeping.
"This is a game we were meant to win, but we had a problem of goalkeeping. Our first goalkeeper is attending toA sick mother in Mbarara, our second goalkeeper is injured, so we opted for a third choice who failed to stop any strike," Mayanja explained.
In the women category, Kawanda beat Kyengeza 27-19, defending champion Nkajja defeated UPDF 19-15 and While Ndejje University were 22-11 winners over Makerere University.
Meanwhile, Makerere University's Ismael Kisalita and Dan Aboku remained on top of the men's league scoreboard with 47 and 43 goals respectively while Doreen Ondoa (Nkumba) and Scovia Lamunu (Prisons) are on top of the ladies Scoreboard with 70 and 63 goals respectively.
